Combination faucet



Nov. '20 1923. J. H. CLIFFORD COMBINATION FAUCET 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Original Filed June 20 1919 [IIIIIIIIII I Nov. 20, 1923.'

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Patented Nov. 20, 1923.

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COMBINATION FAUCET.

Application filed .Tune 20, 1919, Serial No. 305,462. Renewed March 12, 1923.

T 0 M5 whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, JOHN H. CLIFFORD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Arkansas City, in the county of Cowley and State of Kansas, have invented new and useful Improvements in Combination Faucets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to valves or faucets and aims to provide a simple and novel form of faucet for dispensing hot and cold water from a single outlet in a manner to permit of the regulation of the degree of temperature of the water.

To this end the invention includes a novel form of easing made in sections and having the controlling valves located at the point of coupling of the sections, so as to render them easy of access, the casing also having means for obtaining access to the interior thereof for purposes of cleaning or repairmg.

The invention further consists of a novel form of valve operating means, enabling each of the valves to be opened or closed separately or simultaneously, so as to regulate the temperature of the water passing through the faucet.

Other novel features of the invention will appear as the following description is read in connection with the accompanying drawings.

In the drawings Figure l is a side elevation of a faucet embodying the present invention;

Figure 2 is an end view of the same;

Figure 3 is a central horizontal section through the faucet;

Figure 4 is a sectional view on the line 44 of Figure 3;

Figure 5 is a similar view on the line 5-5 of Figure 3; and

Figure 6 is a transverse sectional view on the line 6-6 of Figure 3.

Referring to the drawings in detail, wherein like characters of reference denote corresponding parts, the valve casing shown as comprising two sections. 10 and 11.

The former section includes the substan tially spherical chamber 12 and the cylindrical passage 13, the said passage and chamber communicating. The passage 13 is closed at its outer end by a wall 14, the latter being provided with a pair of inlet ports 15, the walls of which are fiared'outwardly as shown to provide seats for valves to be hereinafter referred to. The chamber 12 communicates with a discharge port 16, the nozzle of which is formed on the spherical casing 17 which forms the chamber 12. The casing 17 is open at its top and is normally closed by a cap 18, which is provided with a threaded flange 19 for engagement with threads provided upon the interior of the said casing. 1

The inlet ports 15 are normally closed by valves 20, which are tapered to conform to the shape of the walls of the ports ,15 and are provided with stems 21, the latter ex tending inwardly through the passage 13 into the chamber 12. The opposite ends of the stems 21 are slidably mounted in sleeves or sockets 22 extending inwardly from the wall of the chamber 12. These valve stems are provided with rack teeth 23, which are engaged by a pinion 24 mounted upon one end of the shaft 25. This shaft extends through a bearing 26 in the casing 17 and is provided upon its outer end with a handle 27, the latter beingbent inwardlyabove the casing 17 and being provided with a knob 28. These knobs normally lie close together, so that both valves may be acted by a single hand, enabling each valve to be opened to the same degree, so that the same amount of water will pass through each of the ports 15. The point at which the shaft 25 extends through the casing 17 is rendered leak proof through a suitable gland 29.

The section 11 is formed by a casing 30, which includes a pair of substantially aligned passages 31. One end of the casing 30 is forked, so that the entrance of the passages 31 are spaced apart, the outer ends of these forked portions being threaded as shown at 32, for connection to conduit pipes leading from the hot and cold water supply. The opposite ends of the passages 31 are surrounded by a flange 32. These ends of the passages near the sections 10 and 11. surround the inlet ports 15, so that when the valves 20 are opened. communication is established between the said passages and the passage 13 of the section 10. In order to hold the sections 10 and 11 in assembled position, the union 33 engages the exteriorly threaded portion 34 of the section 10, a flange 35 of the union engaging the flange 32 of the section 11. To provide against leakage, a packing 36 is interposed between the abutting ends of the two sections.

From the foregoing description and the accompanying drawings, it will be seen that the invention provides an exceedingly simple and easily operated valve of the type changes in its form, proportions, and minor details of construction and the right is reserved to make such changes.

Having described the invention, what is claimed is V 1. A valve comprising a hollow substantially spherical body having inlet and outlet openings, and for each inlet opening a valve member controlling its inlet opening, a valve stem connected to the valve member and having a rack bar at one end thereon, a guide socket extending inwardly from the sphericalbody and slidably receiving the end of the rack bar, a bearing extending in- The invention is susceptible of various wardly from said spherical body, a shaft mounted in said bearing, a pinion carried by the shaft engaging the rack bar and a handle connected to the shaft, whereby the latter may be rotated to operate the valve member.

2. A valve comprising a hollow substan tially spherical body having a single outlet opening and a plurality of separate inlet openings, a valve for each of said openings, a valve stem connected to each valve, spaced horizontally disposed rack bars connected to the valve stems, spaced guide sockets extending inwardly from the spherical body and slidingly receiving the ends of the rack bars, horizontally disposed shafts extending inwardly from diametrically opposite sides of the spherical body, a pinion mounted upon the inner end of each of the shafts and each engageable with one of the rack bars and handles upon the outer ends of said shafts.

In testimony whereof I afiiX my signature.

JOHN H. CLIFFORD. 

